PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Great Britain
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Basel
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Germany
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
chansonnier
1
choirbook
5
choirbook (single quire(s))
2
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
5
parchment
1
parchment (with paper)
1
parchment and paper (mixed)
2
Format
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
4
none visible
3
normally
2
often
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
3
dark brown
1
light brown
1
reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
3
single rastrum
5
straightedge
4
Number of staves
1
1
10
4
11
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12
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2
3
3
3
4
3
5
3
6
6
7
9
8
6
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
9
3-part score
1
3-part single page
9
4-part opening
9
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
5
single
7
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
8
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
3
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
strene notation
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
4
poor
2
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
none
1
pointers
2
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
English
2
French
6
German
1
Italian
3
Latin
8
Spanish
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
5
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
4
provided with single incipit
7
untexted
9
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
humanistic
1
hybrida
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
poor
5
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
4
dark brown
3
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
Borders Frequency
never
3
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
2
plain initials
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Number of staves: 7
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 12, 1515-20, All folios
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